People v. Tryon
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. Tlie defendant was indicted by the grand jury of said County of Wayne, at the May term of said Court, A. D. 1856, for refusing to pay over money alleged to have been collected by him as an attorney at law; he demurred to said indictment, and the demurrer was overruled; he then plead not guilty — was tried, and convicted. He then made a motion in arrest of judgment, which was overruled, and was sentenced by the Court.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. Tlie defendant was indicted by the grand jury of said County of Wayne, at the May term of said Court, A. D. 1856, for refusing to pay over money alleged to have been collected by him as an attorney at law; he demurred to said indictment, and the demurrer was overruled; he then plead not guilty — was tried, and convicted. He then made a motion in arrest of judgment, which was overruled, and was sentenced by the Court. And from the judgment of the Court, sued out this writ of error. The indictment was in the words and figures following: “ Wayne, County, ss. The grand…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe cause was- decided orally.
Tbe Court, bolding that tbe indictment did not sufficiently aver that tbe relation of attorney and client existed between tbe prosecutrix and defendant, reversed tbe judgment of tbe Court below, and ordered judgment accordingly.
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